The Raven Pub, HextonTel: 01582 881209
The Raven Pub & Restaurant. Situated some 100 yards from The Dower House

Live And Let Live Pub, Pegsdon, SG5 3JX Tel: 01582 881739
Pub & Restaurant. 1 Mile from The Dower House

Barton-Le-Clay villageBarton-Le-Clay is a pretty village one mile west of The Dower House providing a good range of local shops. (Very walkable)

Post Office

Lloyds TSB Bank

Co-op Supermarket - open 7:00am - 10pm

Passage to India Indian restaurant - 01582 882121

Gios Italian Restaurant - 01582 883042

Medou Chinese take away - 01582 882488

Fish & Chips take away

Hitchin Market TownHitchin is a historic market town with a good range of high street shops (Boots, Woolworth etc), speciality shops, cafes and restaurants ,and pubs. Hitchin is five miles east of The Dower House. Hitchin is on First Capital Connect train line. It has several large supermarkets – Sainsburys, Waitrose, Marks & Spencer Foods. (www.hitchin.net)